go slowly, move faster, go slowly
i have no idea why last.fm isn't scrobbling the new kat-tun album that i've been playing to death (too awesome for last.fm probably), but YES. THE NEW KAT-TUN ALBUM. HOW AMAZING IS IT LSKDJFKSJ MOON LSKDJKLS SADISTIC LOVE HOW ARE THE TITLES SO AWESOME I HAVEN'T HEARD RESCUE BEFORE THIS BUT IT IS AMAZING LKSJDKFJSLDF JIN'S VOICE IS GORGEOUS O GOD DON'T U EBA STOP T_________T
and because i can't flail about kisarazu cat's eye enough, and because i am lame like that, (plz don't read this qwen)
10 REASONS WHY KISARAZU CAT'S EYE IS AWESOME
10, basic superficial reasons or ~aesthetics~ (one of the most important reasons, which explains why three-quarters of my screencaps are based on this reason. also, i am not biased. i really am not.)
the next 3 photos are dedicated to orangerobots. IF YOU'RE STILL READING THIS, PLZ EXIT NAO KTHNX.
ucchie, the drooling idiot who saves the day.
master, the one with an amazing afro who owns a pub which supplies the gang with lots of crack beer. sato ryuta *___*
ani, who is really stupid. and you know what they say about empty vessels making the most noise.
he is also very hot.
bussan, leader of the gang and person dying of cancer in 6 months no, wait another 6 months a year or two?! another 6 months sometime soon.
okada is seriously impeccable, his cheekbones are gorgeous T______T (don't ask me why i noticed his cheekbones)
and then there's bambi.
sldkjfsdf playing the keyboards
slkdjfksljas his hair tucked behind his ears like that lskdj
slkdjfskldjfsd HOT *__________*
i tried my best to limit them sldkjfls he is so gorgeous here it's kind of ridiculous lskjd every scene he appears he looks perfect kjhjfjhdhgd *___*
9, they have the best guest appearances.
kuriyama chiaki IN ARMY UNIFORM. 'nuff said.
aikawa sho. the gang fanboys over him so much it's hilarious. they cry when they see him and worship the ground that he walks on.
quite literally.
AIKAWA SHO ON TV: be careful, because you'll never know when i'll turn up
AIKAWA SHO IRL: (forces open hotel doors and shows up to save the day)
rofl it's awesome.
the entire kishidan who are buddies with the gang because they helped to rebuild the orphanage which they were from. they were also from the same mother. who is married to bussan's father. go figure.
they go to onsen with bussan and bambi, and auditions their bats and balls. exact words.
they are kind of awesome.
8, it is the probably the 2nd terminal illness drama that i've actually watched. the first was beautiful life, back when i didn't know what i was in for. it is also by far the only terminal illness drama which i can watch over and over and over and over. to cheer myself up. you kind of forget that it's a drama about some guy dying until things like these show up.
it is even a running joke for the characters.
oh hay since we're taking your wedding photos bussan, let's just take your memorial photo while we're at it! smile for the camera!
7, got a problem? let's solve it by playing baseball! (as in the real one, you perv!)
abducted by villains with guns? let's play baseball!
stranded on a deserted island? let's play baseball!
got a monster appearing out of nowhere? let's play baseball!
6, UTTER CRACK. in other words, i want whatever they're taking.
slogan for the entire series. MAJI DE?!?!?!?!!?
checks on identity. i can't get enough of this. ani: "are you really bussan? we need to verify....... TELL ME MY FIRST NAME."
bussan gets his first name wrong.
"IT'S BUSSSSAAAAAAAANNN!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D"
i cracked up for this one. "ozzy's." "02245." "THE DEVIL." lolz, wordplay.
they're high on something, i'm positive.
bambi had just resigned from his job.
"SOMETHING THAT ALL BOYS LOVE..." "CURRY AND HAMBURGER!"
bambi perving over russian women. that is one amazing face.
giri-giri handsome, this phrase will never stop being funny.
what did i say about crack.
5, guy love. i am weak to the ~friendship~ sort.
BAMBI: HELL YEA, BIATCHES
4, the ~life values and morals~ that it teaches you. re: all of the above.
3, they kinda forgot about the emo and angst all the way until the very last part of the last movie. this sucks because you wouldn't even know when it hits you. which is awesome in its own way.
maybe it's because bussan "dies" more than once, and then miraculously awakes again. just maybe.
and when it really happens you're like WAIT WHAT O CR- EFF THIS SHIT! and the tears start coming. at least for me it did T___________T
but it's okay because that only happens for like, 10 minutes. or less.
2, okay, i reaaaally need to flail about how brilliantly written this whole series is. because it is made of pure win.
!tl;dr! kinda incoherent anyway, i blame it on lack of sleep.
the drama is set so that you would forget entirely that bussan is dying of cancer; the gang goes crazy, they rob the bank, they steal from the rich to give to the poor, they help orphanages, they do ridiculous things that are funny from episode 1 onwards.
then right smack in the middle someone dies. it is ozzy, a character which nobody would take notice of and all of a sudden the atmosphere changes and you are forced to remember that at the end of it all, bussan is going to go through the same thing: death. a kind of brilliant memento mori, i would say.
most dramas tell you that everybody is special and unique. but kudokan would like to tell you that normal is best. in a drama where there is terminal illness, dysfunctional families, corrupt and useless government and school officials, booming red-light districts, outcasts, gang fights, mafias, it tells you that in the end, normal is still best. everybody is trying to be different, but some people are trying their very best to fit in and to just be normal, so why don't we appreciate being normal and ordinary for what it is?
and then at the end of it all, he tells you that maybe, he'd like to take that back. some situations call for normality, others call for extreme reactions and behaviour. "i didn't get to say bye-bye properly", they treated bussan's death too normally and did not realise that the situation was not to be treated normally, it was supposed to be significant and special.
for the opening of each movie, there is a spoof of the original gang. the first one has the four of the remaining members gathering at master's pub after thirty over years and you watch as they reminisce and behave just as ridiculously as before.
the second one starts with the KOREAN version of the story (gah i can't get over the pure hilarity of a korean spoof) which is almost the same as episode one of the drama series, EXCEPT that when korean!bussan reveals that he has cancer, he does not get "MAJI DE?!?! USO!!!" from the gang like okada!bussan did. in fact, all of them break down, weep and sob together and then at the end we get SNOWFLAKES falling INSIDE the pub.
"THIS IS SO UNREALISTIC!" bussan exclaims. and realistic we get for the 2nd movie. of course, everything else is just as exaggerated, there are ghostly american baseball teams, ucchie joining the defense force, supposedlydead!bussan rising from the dead and following the gang around.
at the end of it all, while you might expect the gang to appreciate bussan's rising from the dead and to hang out with them once more and have a ~happy ending~, they ask bussan to go back. i don't know about you, but i did not anticipate that at all. we are forced to be realistic; everybody had moved on, everybody is already 26 and having goals that they want to accomplish, bussan is still 22, everybody has moved on, bussan can you please go back, we love you, but we need to carry on with our lives.
the question is why wasn't bussan's father able to "see" bussan after he rose from the dead. we only had that answered when we are presented with the full picture of bussan's death right at the end, when his father was by his deathbed. i thought it was because there was in fact no need for him to "say bye-bye" to bussan as he already did so properly compared to the gang who were still haunted by the death of bussan because they were not able to move on properly.
we get to see how bussan is affected by the various agents of socialization around him, and how he, in return, affects them back. his friends, family, school, sports teammates and the mass media (aikawa sho and kishidan XD).
there were more nonsensical ramblings in my head, i just can't remember them now. i think i need sleep.
anyway kudos to kudo kankuro, he is a genius and i worship him.
1, got a problem unsolvable by baseball? do the yassai mossai!
think somebody got plastic surgery to look like your bff? ask him to do the yassai mossai.
about to get shot by the villain?
force him to dance the yassai mossai.
the monster problem was also solved by doing the yassai mossai.
by the way, while searching for kisarazu cat's eye video clips on youtube, i came across a video titled 'how to do the yassai mossai', rofl. i should learn it, it could save my life.
o god i can't love a drama anymore than this.
this post was brought to you by my insomnia, and the failure of the weather to meet my needs once again. (i swear, it only rains when i make plans to go to the pool or the beach.)
also by jeneralize, because she is awesome ;).
edit THE BEST NEWS THIS YEAR, I AM SO EXHILARATED AND EXCITED AND HAPPY FOR THEM LSKJDFLSKDJE WORK IT BOYS LKSJDFLKSDJFLSDLKJ
edit again THIS POST IS PUBLIC BECAUSE I CAN. FLAIL WITH ME, PEOPLE.
and because i can't flail about kisarazu cat's eye enough, and because i am lame like that, (plz don't read this qwen)
10 REASONS WHY KISARAZU CAT'S EYE IS AWESOME
10, basic superficial reasons or ~aesthetics~ (one of the most important reasons, which explains why three-quarters of my screencaps are based on this reason. also, i am not biased. i really am not.)
the next 3 photos are dedicated to orangerobots. IF YOU'RE STILL READING THIS, PLZ EXIT NAO KTHNX.
ucchie, the drooling idiot who saves the day.
master, the one with an amazing afro who owns a pub which supplies the gang with lots of crack beer. sato ryuta *___*
ani, who is really stupid. and you know what they say about empty vessels making the most noise.
he is also very hot.
bussan, leader of the gang and person dying of cancer in 6 months no, wait another 6 months a year or two?! another 6 months sometime soon.
okada is seriously impeccable, his cheekbones are gorgeous T______T (don't ask me why i noticed his cheekbones)
and then there's bambi.
sldkjfsdf playing the keyboards
slkdjfksljas his hair tucked behind his ears like that lskdj
slkdjfskldjfsd HOT *__________*
i tried my best to limit them sldkjfls he is so gorgeous here it's kind of ridiculous lskjd every scene he appears he looks perfect kjhjfjhdhgd *___*
9, they have the best guest appearances.
kuriyama chiaki IN ARMY UNIFORM. 'nuff said.
aikawa sho. the gang fanboys over him so much it's hilarious. they cry when they see him and worship the ground that he walks on.
quite literally.
AIKAWA SHO ON TV: be careful, because you'll never know when i'll turn up
AIKAWA SHO IRL: (forces open hotel doors and shows up to save the day)
rofl it's awesome.
the entire kishidan who are buddies with the gang because they helped to rebuild the orphanage which they were from. they were also from the same mother. who is married to bussan's father. go figure.
they go to onsen with bussan and bambi, and auditions their bats and balls. exact words.
they are kind of awesome.
8, it is the probably the 2nd terminal illness drama that i've actually watched. the first was beautiful life, back when i didn't know what i was in for. it is also by far the only terminal illness drama which i can watch over and over and over and over. to cheer myself up. you kind of forget that it's a drama about some guy dying until things like these show up.
it is even a running joke for the characters.
oh hay since we're taking your wedding photos bussan, let's just take your memorial photo while we're at it! smile for the camera!
7, got a problem? let's solve it by playing baseball! (as in the real one, you perv!)
abducted by villains with guns? let's play baseball!
stranded on a deserted island? let's play baseball!
got a monster appearing out of nowhere? let's play baseball!
6, UTTER CRACK. in other words, i want whatever they're taking.
slogan for the entire series. MAJI DE?!?!?!?!!?
checks on identity. i can't get enough of this. ani: "are you really bussan? we need to verify....... TELL ME MY FIRST NAME."
bussan gets his first name wrong.
"IT'S BUSSSSAAAAAAAANNN!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D"
i cracked up for this one. "ozzy's." "02245." "THE DEVIL." lolz, wordplay.
they're high on something, i'm positive.
bambi had just resigned from his job.
"SOMETHING THAT ALL BOYS LOVE..." "CURRY AND HAMBURGER!"
bambi perving over russian women. that is one amazing face.
giri-giri handsome, this phrase will never stop being funny.
what did i say about crack.
5, guy love. i am weak to the ~friendship~ sort.
BAMBI: HELL YEA, BIATCHES
4, the ~life values and morals~ that it teaches you. re: all of the above.
3, they kinda forgot about the emo and angst all the way until the very last part of the last movie. this sucks because you wouldn't even know when it hits you. which is awesome in its own way.
maybe it's because bussan "dies" more than once, and then miraculously awakes again. just maybe.
and when it really happens you're like WAIT WHAT O CR- EFF THIS SHIT! and the tears start coming. at least for me it did T___________T
but it's okay because that only happens for like, 10 minutes. or less.
2, okay, i reaaaally need to flail about how brilliantly written this whole series is. because it is made of pure win.
!tl;dr! kinda incoherent anyway, i blame it on lack of sleep.
the drama is set so that you would forget entirely that bussan is dying of cancer; the gang goes crazy, they rob the bank, they steal from the rich to give to the poor, they help orphanages, they do ridiculous things that are funny from episode 1 onwards.
then right smack in the middle someone dies. it is ozzy, a character which nobody would take notice of and all of a sudden the atmosphere changes and you are forced to remember that at the end of it all, bussan is going to go through the same thing: death. a kind of brilliant memento mori, i would say.
most dramas tell you that everybody is special and unique. but kudokan would like to tell you that normal is best. in a drama where there is terminal illness, dysfunctional families, corrupt and useless government and school officials, booming red-light districts, outcasts, gang fights, mafias, it tells you that in the end, normal is still best. everybody is trying to be different, but some people are trying their very best to fit in and to just be normal, so why don't we appreciate being normal and ordinary for what it is?
and then at the end of it all, he tells you that maybe, he'd like to take that back. some situations call for normality, others call for extreme reactions and behaviour. "i didn't get to say bye-bye properly", they treated bussan's death too normally and did not realise that the situation was not to be treated normally, it was supposed to be significant and special.
for the opening of each movie, there is a spoof of the original gang. the first one has the four of the remaining members gathering at master's pub after thirty over years and you watch as they reminisce and behave just as ridiculously as before.
the second one starts with the KOREAN version of the story (gah i can't get over the pure hilarity of a korean spoof) which is almost the same as episode one of the drama series, EXCEPT that when korean!bussan reveals that he has cancer, he does not get "MAJI DE?!?! USO!!!" from the gang like okada!bussan did. in fact, all of them break down, weep and sob together and then at the end we get SNOWFLAKES falling INSIDE the pub.
"THIS IS SO UNREALISTIC!" bussan exclaims. and realistic we get for the 2nd movie. of course, everything else is just as exaggerated, there are ghostly american baseball teams, ucchie joining the defense force, supposedlydead!bussan rising from the dead and following the gang around.
at the end of it all, while you might expect the gang to appreciate bussan's rising from the dead and to hang out with them once more and have a ~happy ending~, they ask bussan to go back. i don't know about you, but i did not anticipate that at all. we are forced to be realistic; everybody had moved on, everybody is already 26 and having goals that they want to accomplish, bussan is still 22, everybody has moved on, bussan can you please go back, we love you, but we need to carry on with our lives.
the question is why wasn't bussan's father able to "see" bussan after he rose from the dead. we only had that answered when we are presented with the full picture of bussan's death right at the end, when his father was by his deathbed. i thought it was because there was in fact no need for him to "say bye-bye" to bussan as he already did so properly compared to the gang who were still haunted by the death of bussan because they were not able to move on properly.
we get to see how bussan is affected by the various agents of socialization around him, and how he, in return, affects them back. his friends, family, school, sports teammates and the mass media (aikawa sho and kishidan XD).
there were more nonsensical ramblings in my head, i just can't remember them now. i think i need sleep.
anyway kudos to kudo kankuro, he is a genius and i worship him.
1, got a problem unsolvable by baseball? do the yassai mossai!
think somebody got plastic surgery to look like your bff? ask him to do the yassai mossai.
about to get shot by the villain?
force him to dance the yassai mossai.
the monster problem was also solved by doing the yassai mossai.
by the way, while searching for kisarazu cat's eye video clips on youtube, i came across a video titled 'how to do the yassai mossai', rofl. i should learn it, it could save my life.
o god i can't love a drama anymore than this.
this post was brought to you by my insomnia, and the failure of the weather to meet my needs once again. (i swear, it only rains when i make plans to go to the pool or the beach.)
also by jeneralize, because she is awesome ;).
edit THE BEST NEWS THIS YEAR, I AM SO EXHILARATED AND EXCITED AND HAPPY FOR THEM LSKJDFLSKDJE WORK IT BOYS LKSJDFLKSDJFLSDLKJ
edit again THIS POST IS PUBLIC BECAUSE I CAN. FLAIL WITH ME, PEOPLE.